The COVID-19 crisis has pushed workplaces and workforce globally to face challenging and unprecedented situations. The disruptions caused in the normal work routine has forced leadership, and HR, to examine implications on business and employees as they start returning to normal work again.

While organizations around the world rush to support the healthcare industry, the calls for help various governments have placed and the communities at large, we see more and more a surge in re-allocation of staff to cater to these urgent and critical priorities. Amazon re-shuffling its workforce and supply chain, major retailers in the GCC moving staff from business units to others in order to support their food retail, and many more similar cases...

With more people working from home than ever before, it can be a challenge to keep your people engaged through distance learning and knowledge exchange. Are organizations & HR using this time to continue developing their talent using digital platforms?

Speakers:Kunal Wadhwani, Group Head of HR at Choithrams
Priya Ranjan, Group HR, Director at IFFCO Group (F&B)
Amal Haliq, CHRO, MeraasModerator:Vivek
Arora, Executive Director and Business Head MENA, SHRM MEA

Managing their remote teams effectively

Ensuring that their organizations' leadership demonstrate resilience

Encouraging their managers to demonstrate empathy, trust and compassion while ensuring productivity levels do not drop